Immunity, antigenic heterogeneity, and aggregation of helminth parasites

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 232-241

  Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

AGGREGATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HETEROPHILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERTILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

VERMES;

EID: 0037396423     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0232:IAHAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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